Vaquita : Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (318 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781610919326
- Wildlife conservation-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Wildlife conservation-Economic aspects-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Wildlife conservation-Social aspects-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- NATURE / Animals / Marine Life.-bisacsh
- NATURE / Endangered Species.-bisacsh
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.-bisacsh
- Totoaba fisheries-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Rare mammals-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Poaching-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Phocoena sinus-Conservation-Social aspects
- Phocoena sinus-Conservation-Economic aspects
- Endangered species-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Endangered ecosystems-Mexico-California, Gulf of
- Phocoena sinus
- California, Gulf of (Mexico)-Commerce
- California, Gulf of (Mexico)-Environmental conditions
- 333.9542/0972
- QL737
Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Forward -- Goodbye Baiji -- Prologue -- 1. The Dead Girl -- 2. Resource Extraction -- 3. Chasing a Myth -- 4. Tangled Agendas -- 5. Death, Drugs, and Accountability -- 6. Pirates on Patrol -- 7. Searching for Vaquita -- 8. Hearing Is Believing -- 9. Science in the Sea -- 10. Witnessing Extinction -- 11. Saving Bigfoot -- 12. Sending Out an SOS -- 13. Meet the Totoaba -- 14. Last-Ditch Effort -- 15. Hope is a Life Raft (with a Persistent Leak) -- Epilogue -- Author's Note -- Guide to Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- IP Board of Directors.
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